# Incident 19990930029469I: Piper PA32R301T, Twentynine Palm, CA, September 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1999, 19:07 local time
- Place: Twentynine Palm, CA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1356° N, 116.0542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twentynine Palms, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1356&lon=-116.0542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N264DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N264DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990930029469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) MR. MICHAEL D. HUTSON AND PASSENGER CAROL MEYERS DEPARTED CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO, CA, AT 6:00 PM IN ROUTE TO HAVASU, AZ. FORTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT OVER AMBOY, CA, AT 9500 MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT.  MR. HUTSON LANDED ON HIGHWAY 62 WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED 20 MILES TO TWENTY-NINE PALMS AIRPORT.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BENDIX MAGNETO, PART #BL-68256013 HAD FAILED.  MR. MICHAEL D. HUTSON AND PASSENGER CAROL MEYERS WERE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS AND WERE NOT INJURED.

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